From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-11-05T00:28:34+09:00
Subject: Re: VERBOSE and "warning: Insecure world writable dir..."

On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Maciej Pilichowski wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 23:49:51 +0900, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>
>>>  I found the answer -- setting $VERBOSE to nil works great
>
>> $VERBOSE = nil
>
> Yes, indeed, I was curious how to set the variable to nil, gee...
> Please, read my question -- my problem is I want to turn off only
> specific warnings, not all.
>
> have a nice day

then you have the answer

   def quietly
     v = $VERBOSE
     $VERBOSE = nil
     yield
   ensure
     $VERBOSE = v
   end

   quietly do
     what_you_were_doing_before
   end

it's as good as it gets.

-a
-- 
my religion is very simple.  my religion is kindness. -- the dalai lama